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Viognier

(varietals, viognier, white wine)

by The Wine Guide

Body: medium to full bodied
Taste: Floral, apricot, peach, vanilla and crisp
Difficult to grow Viognier is the white version of the fickle Pinot Noir. Horrendous when done poorly, but beyond bliss when caught at it's best.

Viognier was originally a white blending grape mixed into France's Rhone Valley Syrah reds to give them a perfumed scent. However in recent years, winemakers the world over have rediscovered this wine and its heady aromas, and started to give it A-list status. When well made, Viognier is rich in floral aromas, peach, and apricots. When made poorly it's rather flat and boring. Incredibly difficult to grow, Viognier requires low yields, a long growing season, and ancient vines. Like Pinot Noir, only the most obsessive winemakers can enable Viognier reach its full potential. Also like Pinot Noir, this quality unfortunately results in the best Viognier reaching the upper echelons of wine pricing.

The best Viognier can still be found in the Northern Rhone in France, but California's "Rhone Rangers" are making steady progress with this varietal. Australia is starting to experiment with it by blending it into their powerful Shiraz, and also to make single varietal white wines, but with few exceptions, the Viognier here produces unremarkable wines.

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